Category Archives: Urban

News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed plans to create a cavernous public park in Abu Dhabi beneath a fragmented canopy resembling the cracked surface of the Arabian desert. Occupying a 125,000 […]

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By: Tariq Khamis Book review: Early twentieth century studies of the Islamic city take an Orientalist approach that fails to understand the true rationale behind the cities architectural heritage. In […]

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By Abdelbaseer A. Mohamed The built environment is a product of socio-economic, cultural, and political forces. Every urban system has its own ‘genetic code’, expressed in architectural and spatial forms […]

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RRC Studio presents the new development for the coastal city of #Al_Dhakira / #qatar , a proposal for a 275.000 sqm intervention including residential and commercial settlements. Only 60 km away from the capital #Doha

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queen alia international airport in amman designed by foster + partners.
the airport has a flexible modular solution that allows for future expansion at a rate of 6% per annum
for the next twenty-five years, increasing capacity from 3.5 million to 12 million passengers annually by 2030.

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Rem Koolhaas’ studio OMA has been selected to masterplan a business and residential development linking the city of Doha in Qatar with the new Hamad International Airport
Called Airport City, OMA’s 10-square-kilometre masterplan comprises four districts along a “green spine” running parallel with the airport’s runways.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina,_Saudi_Arabia Mina is a location situated some 5 kilometres to the east of the Islamic holy city of Mecca (Makkah) in Saudi Arabia. It stands on the road from Mecca’s city centre to the Hill of Arafat.

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Antioch أنطاكيا, Seleucia Pieriaسلوقية بييريا, Apamea أفاميا, Laodicea in Syriaاللاذقية . After Alexander’s death in 323 BC, his generals divided up the territory he had conquered. Seleucus I Nicator سلوقس […]